Evaluation of the upper airway in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-271

  Wood, Robert E ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible bronchoscopy; Flexible laryngoscopy; Pediatric; Rigid bronchoscopy; Rigid laryngoscopy; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY;

EID: 43449084644     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282ff631e     Document Type: Review

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